Tag: KwaZulu-Natal

DURBAN, February 25– The case in which Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has been charged with contravention of the Riotous Assemblies Act, in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, was on Monday postponed to 8 July. Malema made a brief appearance at the Newcastle Magistrate’s Court, where he was excused from personally attending the July sitting. The […]

JOHANNESBURG, December 27 – Disaster management teams were placed on standby across Pietermaritzburg on Thursday, after a freak storm ripped through large parts of KwaZulu-Natal, member of the executive council for cooperative governance and traditional affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube said. “So far our disaster management teams are keeping an eye on the development of this freak […]

EMPANGENI, November 17 – The Empangeni Regional Court on Friday convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old man to life imprisonment for the rape of a 13-year-old girl placed in his care three years ago in Empangeni near Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal police said. In December 2015, the man went to the victim’s home requesting her to stay […]

JOHANNESBURG, November 16 – Two people died on Friday morning and another was seriously injured when three heavy motor vehicles were involved in a collision along the R103 Nottingham Road in Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal. Netcare 911 spokesperson Shawn Herbst said: “Sadly two occupants of one of the trucks had died and one occupant of another truck […]

DURBAN, November 15 – A 36-year-old man, dubbed the “graveyard rapist” was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Durban Magistrate’s Court, KwaZulu-Natal police said on Thursday. Thulasizwe Reggie Dlamini was caught red-handed by officers at the Umbilo graveyard while he was robbing a 53-year-old woman after raping her in December last year. Police spokesman Thulani […]

DURBAN, October 30– A cash-in-transit guard was wounded on Monday night when unknown gunmen opened fire on a G4S armoured van in the Vryheid area of KwaZulu-Natal. According to Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo, spokesperson for the South African Police Service, the CIT vehicle came under attack at 7pm near Skippersnek in the Vryheid policing area, while […]

JOHANNESBURG, October 25 – The governing African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA) retained seats in by-elections held in KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and the Western Cape, the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) said on Thursday. The ANC retained wards in Limpopo’s Greater Letaba municipality, at Ray Nkonyeni municipality in KwaZulu-Natal and Knysna municipality in the Western […]

DURBAN, October 19 – Angry community members had threatened to burn down the house of Umlazi councillor S’bu Maphumulo on the day that he was gunned down, the African National Congress (ANC) said on Friday. Maphumulo, Umlazi’s Ward 88 councillor, was shot multiple times on Thursday night while parked in a stationary vehicle outside his […]

PIETERMARITZBURG, October 16 – Msunduzi municipality in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal this week launched its amnesty campaign as it aims to recover some of the R2 billion in money it is owed by customers for electricity, water and rates. Announcing the amnesty on Tuesday, Msunduzi Mayor Themba Njilo appealed to customers to take advantage of the amnesty […]

CAPE TOWN, October 11 – Cooperative Governance Minister Zweli Mkhize on Thursday, denied that his home was raided by authorities or that police have linked him or any of his relatives to political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. In a statement from Mkhize, he explained that police officers investigating political killings did arrive at his house on […]

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